Andy Warhol Screenprint The Witch Unsigned Trial Proof Diamond Dust 38 x 38

Unique trial proof, 1981, unsigned and unnumbered, outside the regular edition.

Reference: "Andy Warhol Prints", Feldman Shellmann Catalogue Raisonné, Myths Suite, entry #II.260, page 118.

Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, with his blind stamp lower left corner.

Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc, New York, with ink stamp verso.

D.C. Comics copyright notice ink stamp verso.

For his Myths series, Warhol selected the fantasy characters and imaginary heroes of a typical American childhood.

He invited Margaret Hamilton, the actress who portrayed the Wicked Witch in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, to recreate her classic, frightening pose in his studio.

The Witch is part of Warhol’s Myths portfolio, which also included characters such as Superman, Mickey Mouse, and Dracula.